How does antarctic ice regulate our earth's climate?
a. it reflects the sun's heat energy, keeping the earth cool.
b. it absorbs the sun's heat energy, keeping the earth warm.
c. it reflects the sun's heat energy, warming the oceans.
d. it absorbs the sun's heat energy, stalling ocean currents.

Global warming will produce rising sea levels partly due to melting ice caps but also due to the expansion of water as average ocean temperatures rise. to get some idea of the size of this effect, calculate the change in length (in m) of a column of water 1.45 km high for a temperature increase of 1.12°c. assume the column is not free to expand sideways. as a model of the ocean, that is a reasonable approximation, as only parts of the ocean very close to

An air-filled capacitor is formed from two long conducting cylindrical shells that are coaxial and have radii of 26 mm and 103 mm. the electric potential of the inner conductor with respect to the outer conductor is - 700 v (k = 1/4πε 0 = 8.99 × 109 n · m2/c2) the energy stored in a 1.0-m length of this capacitor is closest to

An astronaut on the moon throws a baseball upward. the astronaut is 6 ft, 6 in. tall, and the initial velocity of the ball is 3030 ft per sec. the height s of the ball in feet is given by the equation s equals negative 2.7 t squared plus 30 t plus 6.5s=−2.7t2+30t+6.5, where t is the number of seconds after the ball was thrown. complete parts a and b.